IPCSeminars
Food, Fuel, and Forests: A Seminar on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Trade
May 12, 2008
Bogor
Indonesia
Conference Proceedings
The scale of carbon emissions from deforestation has been estimated to be greater than that of the fossil-fuel intensive global transport sector, and discussions continue about how the international community can best reverse alarming trends of deforestation. Global food demand, however, is expected to double by the year 2050 due to population and income growth. Agricultural producers will benefit from this increased demand, but agricultural expansion will likely become an even greater contributor to deforestation.
Climate change concerns have also led many countries to incorporate a significant percentage of biofuels in their transport fuel. Questions are being raised about just how much certain biofuels contribute to greenhouse gas reductions, in particular when their production may cause deforestation.
Presentations and Speeches
Keynote Address
- Mari Pangestu, Minster of Trade, Republic of Indonesia
Opening Remarks
- Piet Bukman, IPC Chairman
- H.S. Dillon, Chair, Center for Agriculture Policy Studies
Panelists
- Bustanful Arifin, Institute for Development of Economics and Finance & ALARN:
Biofuel Trends in Asia: Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand
- Malcolm Bailey, Fonterra Director and IPC Member:
Improving Production Practices: Challenges and Opportunities for Agricultural Producers
- J.W.T. Bottema, Head, UN Center for Alleviation of Poverty through Secondary Crops:
Sustainability Considerations for Biodiesel
- Didiek Hadjar Goenadi, Executive Director of the Indonesian Palm Oil Producers Association and President cum Inventor of the Indonesian Inventor Association:
Perspective on Indonesian Palm Oil Production
- Tim Groser, New Zealand Shadow Minister of Trade and IPC Member:
Reflections on Climate Change, Agriculture and Trade
- Hans Johr, Corporate Head of Agriculture, Nestle, and IPC Member:
Promoting Good Agricultural Practices Worldwide
- Keith Jones, Director of Stewardship and Sustainable Agriculture, CropLife International:
Improving Production Practices: Technology Innovations in Agriculture
- Willem-Jan Laan, European Director External Affairs, Unilever N.V.:
Lessons from Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
- Daniel Murdiyarso, Senior Scientist, Environmental Services and Sustainable Use of Forests, Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Direct and Indirect Causes of Deforestation
- André Nassar, President, ICONE:
Sustainability Considerations for Ethanol
- Rina Oktaviani, Head of Economics Department, Faculty Economics and Management, Bogor Agricultural University:
Paying Attention to Environmental, Social and Economic Sustainability; Indonesian Food and Fuel Case Study: Paper and Presentation
- Michel Petit, Professor, Institut Agronomique Mediterraneen and IPC Member:
Reconciling the Trade and Environment Agenda
- Marcelo Regunaga, IPC Vice Chairman:
Biofuel Trends in Latin America
- Frances Seymour, Director General, Center for International Forestry Research:
Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation (REDD): Will Trees Grow on Money?
- Robert L. Thompson, Gardner Endowed Chair in Agicultural Policy, University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign:
How Trade Liberalization Can Benefit the Environment (or The Fallacy of "Food Miles")
- Tian Weiming, China Agriculture University:
Development of Biofuels: The Cases of China, India, and the Philippines
- Carlo Trojan, Former Ambassador of the European Commission to the WTO and IPC Member:
EU Sustainability Criteria for Biofuels
- Wahjudi Wardojo, Director General, Forestry Research and Development Agency, Ministry of Forestry:
Forests, Climate Change and Agriculture Interlinkages: Challenges and Opportunities in Indonesia
Seminar Press
May 14, 2008 (Jakarta Post)
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